We shall never see the likes of him again

A loyal trade unionist, JOE LAW campaigned for peace, freedom and socialism all his life, writes Brian Campfield
IRELAND, and the north of Ireland in particular, has lost one of its stalwart communists and trade unionists with the sudden and untimely death of Joe Law on September 28, one month before his 70th birthday.
Joe came from Belfast’s radical Protestant tradition and fought against the sectarian state for workers’ unity and for socialism.
In this he was from the same mould as Henry Joy McCracken and the other northern United Irishmen of the 18th century.
An industrial worker who was... read more

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